Rope socket



Jan. 30, 1923. 1,443,895,

. W. HARRIS. RQPE SOCKET. man APR. 1o, 1922.

INVENTOR Patented dan. 3Q, i923.

tenses WALTER HARRIS, Olv FUNDA, IOWA..

ROPE SOCKET.

Application filed April 10, 1922. Serial No. 551,071.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WALTER HARRIS, a citizenof the United States, residing at Fonda, in the county of Pocahontas andState of Iowa, have invented new and useiul Improvements in RopeSockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a socket for cables or ropes, the generalobject of the invention being to provide simple means l'or connectingthe rope or cable with the socket without the use ot' Babbitt material.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the-several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorrespondingparts throughout the several views, and in which Figure lis an elevation of the invention.

Figures 2 and 3 are detail views.

In these views l indicates the tapered body or' the socket which isprovided with a removable part 2 at its small end. This part and thepart to which it is secured each have a longitudinally extending groove3 upon its inner face. Each of these parts is also provided with agroove 4 which extends laterally from the groove 3 to the exterior ofthe part. `When the removable part is placed in position these groovesform bores for receiving the cable or rope and these bores communicatewith a pair of converging' bores 5 termed in the main part or the body.The end of the body, between the forks 6 thereof, is grooved, as at 7,to facilitate the passage of the rope from one of the bores` 5 to theother.

In connecting the rope or cable to the socket the end of the rope isfirst threaded through the bores 5 and then the extremity is placed inthe lateral groove 4, in the stationary part, and secured therein by aU-bolt 7. The part 2 is then placed in position with its groove 4-engaging the bolted part of the cable and the cable passes fromtherevice through the bore formed by the grooves 3. The part 2 is heldin place by the bolts 9 and the inner end of this part has a tongue l0thereon engaging a recess ll in the main part of the body. It'will thusbe seen that the socket is securely fastened to the rope ancll it is notnecessary to use Babbitt materia a It is thought from the foregoingdescription that the advantages and novel features or" my invention willbe-readily apparent.

I desire it to be understoodthat I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within y the scope of the appended claim.

lVhat I kclaim is:`

A cable socket of the character described comprising a tapered bodyhaving a pair of converging bores designed to. communicate with eachother at the large end thereof and being pfovidcd with a groove arrangedlongitudinally and terminating at the small end of said body). saidbores converging into said groove intermediate of the ends or' the bodyand said body being provided with a lateral extending groovecommunicating with the lower end of said boresand the upper' end of saidgroove and opening on `the exterior thereof, a removable part adapted tobe secured to the body and being provided with a likenumber of groovesas the body said last mentioned grooves being designed to register withthe grooves of the body when f said part is secured thereto and formingbores thereby, means to hold said removable part secured to the body, aiork projected 'from the large end of the tapered body and a U-shapedbolt secured to said body and projecting into the lateral extendinggrooves as and for the purpose specied.

In testimony whereoi'I affix my signature.

l WALTER HARRIS.

